Tag: Cyberattack
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UPDATE: Cyberattack ruled out as IT outage wreaks havoc worldwide
Computer issues were causing major disruption worldwide on Friday, affecting airlines and airports, media outlets, banks and telecommunication companies.
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FBI’s IC3 reports $1.3 billion heist
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center, IC3 has reported a heist of about $1.3 billion by cybercriminals in the United States of America (USA) only, saying it also received about 300,000 complaints in 2016. The 2016 Internet Crime Report published on Thursday, the FBI’s cybercrime office said all the FBI’s Internet Crime…
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Hackers hit British Parliament computer networks
The British Parliament has been hit by a “sustained and determined” cyberattack, according to reports by The Telegraph, which has left Members of Parliament unable to remotely access their e-mail. Authorities at the Parliament discovered unusual activities on the computer networks in the early hours of today, and immediately moved to protect them. It appeared…
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Al Jazeera gets hit by unprecedented cyberattack
Qatar-based TV channel Al Jazeera has claimed all its systems, websites and social media accounts have been hit by a cyberattack. The company said it was experiencing “systematic and continual hacking attempts” which were “gaining intensity and taking various forms”. But a senior employee told the Reuters that the company is “combating” the onslaught and…
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Hackers ‘to leak’ emails of UAE ambassador to US
A computer hacking group that calls itself “GlobalLeaks” has reportedly said it plans to release emails taken from the inbox of Yousef al-Otaiba, the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States. The Daily Beast reported on Friday that it had been approached by the hackers, who offered a sample of the emails…
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JAMB website hacked, Minister urges Internet stakeholders prepare against further attacks
The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu has called on internet stakeholders to put measures in place to tackle all forms of cyberattacks in the country. Shittu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday that everyone as well as organizations was vulnerable to cyber criminals. He stressed the need for Nigerians to…
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Russian banks, ministries hit by viral attacks the most
Russia’s central bank said Saturday the country’s banking system was hit by a mass cyberattack, as several ministries and the railway system also reported attempted breaches. The central bank’s IT attack monitoring centre “detected mass distribution of harmful software of the first and second type,” according to a central bank statement quoted by Russian news…
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Cyberattack causes scare in over 90 countries, blocked in the U.S.
About 100 countries have reported a cyberattack that has infected tens of thousands of computers and especially disrupted Britain’s health system and global shipper FedEx. Cyber extortionists tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails that appeared to contain invoices, job offers, security warnings and other legitimate files. The ransomware encrypted data on…